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Modeling Studies for BOREAS

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Model-measurement and model-model discrepancies were observed among all the BOREAS carbon models (with respect to eddy covariance and/or other site measurements), although more detail (physiology, physics) in a subset of models did tend to improve accuracy, as evaluated by RMSE analysis with measured daily CO2 and ET fluxes.
model sensitivity comparisons imply that past conditions of the ecosystem (e.g., historical climate patterns and time since last major disturbance), as represented in the models' initial standing wood and soil carbon pools, can be as important as potential future climate changes in predicting the annual model response for a net ecosystem carbon sink in the boreal spruce forest.

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